HP laptop screen
 

Hi folks

Went out to scan the S5 with VCDS tonight and the laptop screen has cracked right across the middle :-(

I can see the damage behind the plastic cover when the screen is off - a friend of mine sat on the bloody thing a year or so back (he isn't light) so I'm not entirely surprised it's finally failed!

Is it worth trying to replace it or should I just bin it? It's an HP Pavilion dv6-6052ea and although I bought it 2nd hand it was pretty pricey new. It's probably 4 years old now

The screen is supposedly available but it looks like about £90 and EVERYTHING has to come off the chassis before you can even think about removing the screen and bezel!

Thought I'd ask how feasible/worthwhile it might be with our resident pros in the house, or if I should cut my losses.

I'm surprised at that.
I've replaced inverters, backlights (when separate) and screens on a few laptops and it hasn't ever been that difficult.
Have you got a link to the instructions that imply such a major dismantling is required?

I've usually found replacement screens for non-current laptops are available for £30 to £50 if you look around. Might be used or non-OEM though.

Thanks - I think you're spot on. The HP service manual suggests a full strip down to access the screen, but a couple of you tube videos suggest it's much simpler than that! Screen buying looks like a lottery of tat and refurb/used stock - will have to research who has a good rep....

The screen HP part number is 640445-001

Hi Adrian
With the spec of the laptop and current value of it in full working order I wouldn't cut the losses.
It can be done without the full strip down. I can't understand why would you need to do that if all the wiring is fine and just screen needs replacing
Surely this could be done by removing the frame, disconnecting all the connectors, pulling the old screen and fitting new one.
This is my opinion based on the picture of your screen which has no fixed wiring to the back of it which would go somewhere inside the chassis?!?!
Check this picture of your screen

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-PAVILION-...-/171353169295

Going by this spec this would be your replacement
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-...item417e0d0737

This one looks like yours as well and I bought lots of electronic spares from them in the past and found their service to be good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-...item51a5dee93f

Some laptops to need you to take far too much stuff off in order to get to bits, but it's usually pretty easy to do.. Have replaced a few of them over the years. Would have posted an ebay link, but Marcin beat me to it :)

If' you're not keen on doing it yourself, give one of the local phone repair shops a shout, they'll probably do it for you.

I agree with Richard, some laptops I've done over the years require ridiculous amount of dismantling, but as mentioned above, your screen has no fixed wiring on the back so this should be way much simpler fix than what manual says

This guys seems to proving my opinion because of what I said above.
Guy is a bit slow, but the screen looks exactly as the one from the pictures in my first post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDyI-CL7eA

Concur with all the above. They've even found spares in the right price range. +++

As noted in one of the listings, take the current screen out first to check the part numbers. And to confirm you can do it. ;)

Shedloads of those on eBay for around £40.

Also, as your screen was used in the models listed below, chances of the ones from the links being wrong type are very small as same LED screen was used across a wide range if not the whole range of DV6 models equipped with LED LCDs. Your one is LED

DV6-6052SA DV6-6052EA DV6-6051EA DV6-6053EA DV6-6080SF DV6-6060SA DV6-6077SA DV6-6101AX DV6-6102SA DV6-6107SA DV6-6119WM DV6-6153EA DV6-6154EA DV6-6156EA DV6-6157EA DV6-6176SA DV6-7063SA DV6-6B04SA DV6-6B08SA DV6-6B07EA DV6-6B55EA DV6-6B26SA DV6-6B50SA DV6-6B59EA DV6-6B60EA DV6-6B60SA DV6-6C01EA DV6-6C04EA DV6-6C05 DV6-6C05EA

I agree with all of the above.

While you are at it might consider changing to matte screen as well( I assume you have glossy screen like most). It's down to personal preference but I really don't like all the reflections on the glossy screens.

Here is one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B156XW02-V...item4860152267

Thanks for all the advice gents - I knew there'd be plenty of experience on here! This is only the 2nd laptop I've ever owned for personal use - my old Vaio lasted 10 years and this one I've had for 4 years or so. I'm generally pretty gentle with my stuff!

My mate who sat on it some time ago weighed North of 100kg at the time and didn't even notice he'd done it till I asked him where he'd moved the laptop to when he sat on the chair.....answer 'nowhere'

Have attached a couple of pics - I couldn't get it to show, but with the screen off you can see a line diagonally across the screen so it's defo cracked. Have connected it to an external screen and it works through that.

HP's own guide instructs you to:

Remove the battery (see Battery on page 59), and then remove the following components:
● Optical drive (see Optical drive on page 60)
● Hard drive (see Hard drive on page 62)
● WLAN module (see WLAN module on page 67)
● Keyboard (see Keyboard on page 70)
● Top cover (see Top cover on page 74)
● System board (see System board on page 85)

but that then leaves you with the screen flat on the bench for removing the front cover etc. That video above I can follow +++

The screen spec should be for a 'BrightView' LED display 1366x768. I generally use it indoors except if I'm on the Eurostar and want to watch a film. Are the matte screens entirely identical apart from the finish? Any downsides in terms of brightness from going to the matte?

I've ended up working from home today due to childcare issues so may see if I can get the old screen out. Fortunately I don't actually need to use the laptop!

Cheers all - much appreciated :D

Adrian

I just had a quick scan of that video and note that the guy says for earlier models you had to take the laptop apart significantly just to get at the screws retaining the bezel at the bottom.
So I guess that's why you thought you needed to do all that work, but it looks like you're lucky and won't need to.

Hiya

It's the dv6 manual that tells you that's how you should do it - seems they want to try and put you off trying to DIY rather than get their service dept to do it, or buy a new laptop lol

I suspect the manual tells you to do it that way because it's covering other parts like wifi antenna or web cam that you can't disconnect without pulling the thing apart completely.

I'm off out to the garage to find my trim tool set as I reckon that'll help with getting the bezzle off without damaging it!

Personally I wouldn't worry too much about the bezel, it sounds like it's held mostly with clips and double-sided tape.
Different if you're doing a job professionally for someone else, but this is an old laptop owned by you, not an A8! :ROFL:

Well it's in pieces :) managed to break a couple of the clips on the bezel but I suspect there's enough left for it to work just fine!

Have ordered a matte screen as per link on the previous page - their video of how to remove it is a damn site shorter than the youtube one and covers it nicely.

It's only up the road by Heathrow but am having it couriered as it'd probably cost me more than £10 to drive there and get it! Hopefully will be here Weds and I can get it working again....

Easy +++
Job half done. Yeah, the guy from youtube is boring as hell, but thanks god its an easy fix and no further guide is needed.

Does anyone know what the really sticky narrow double sided tape, that feels a lot like the stuff they use to seal junk mail or attach bank cards to letters with, is called?

In the pic attached it's the translucent stuff on the metal frame of the screen.

I've tried removing it from the old screen to re-use but it's just falling apart. Given I've broken a clip or 2 I'm keen to make sure there's enough on there to keep the bezel fully home, otherwise my OCD will get the better of me!

Adrian

Use this Adrian
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5mm-Double...item3ce3eac732

They do 1mm, 2mm, 5mm and 10mm as well, but yours looks like 5mm.
I can send you today few meters of 2mm if you want which is more than enough.

Cheers bud - have ordered some of the 5mm stuff from the ebay link :)

The side of the screen is 5mm wide so that's perfect. I can use a bit more than was on there to make sure the bezel stays in place where the clips have broken!

I fitted the new screen last night - it turned up earlier than expected - and it's working perfectly but have left the bezel off for now as don't want to keep trying to prize it off the new screen!

It's definitely darker on full brightness than the old one, but ran a few tests and there's no dead pixels on delivery and the picture quality is good so I'm happy :D

Adrian

Result. +++

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